Radiant heater



Sept; 25, 1923 1,469,124

0. TAYLOR ET AL.

RADIANT HEATER Filed March 5, 1923 fm'gm a 1 Min/W7?? gvwentoz 0 I Taylar,

IIFII nu'uus Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ONEN TAYLOR AND CHARLES C. TAYLOR, E HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

RADIANT HEATER.

Application filed March 3, 1323.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that we, OWEN 'lAYLon and as C. 'laraoc, citizens of the United residing at Huntington, in the county .xell and State of lV est Virginia, have .ated certain new and useful Improvements in l'ladiant Heaters; and we do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description or the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appei tains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to the type of heaters utilizing gaseous fuel and a radiant surface, which is rendered luminous or incandescent by the flame of the burning fuel.

The primary object of the present inven tion is the formation of a back wall and an open front for radiating the heat in one piece comprising units between which are formed fines for the passage of the flame and gases, each of said units being formed of suitable refractory material and comprising a closed back, a front of open work, and a web connecting the front and back intermediate the longitudinal edges thereof so as to form latoral or side spaces which, when the units are assembled, form fines for the passage of flame and hot gases.

ther objects and advantages will be appai nt and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

lVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention. l

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a front view of a radiant heater embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Fig 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 38 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the end units.

Corresponding and like parts are referred.

Serial No. 622,546.

heater. lVithin the frame 1 is arranged a back wall and a front radiant, a plurality of fines separating the radiant elements from one another and from the back wall, where by to assure the heating of the radiant front to a. glow or incandescent when the device is in active service. For convenience, the composite structure including the back wall and the front radiant comprise a plurality of elements of similar or like formation arranged perpendicularly with their vertical edges in contact. The outer half of the end units is preferably made solid, whereas the inner half corresponds to a half of any of the intermediate units.

The numeral 2 designates the end units which are of similar formation and 3 the intermediate units. Each of the units comprises a back 4, a radiant front 5 spaced from the rack and a web 6 connecting the front and back intermediate their longitudinal edges whereby to form lateral or side spaces 7 which, when the units are assembled, form vertical flues for the flame and hot gases, whereby the front is heated to a glow or incandescent. The back 4 is solid, whereas the front 5 is of open work which may be of any design most for ornamentation and to insure radiance of the heat. As shown, the front of each unit comprises bars and dia- 'inonds having an alternate larrangement, op-

posite ends of the bars and opposite side portions of the diamonds projecting beyond opposite sides of the web 6 and when the units are assembled, the ends of the bars and the points of the diamonds touch, whereby to form a radiant front of open work presentan ornamental appearance and adapted to radiate the heat. The lower ends of the units are recessed, as indicated at 8, to re ccive the burner pipe 9, the latter having nipples in position and number to register with the vertical fines formed by the lateral or side spaces 7 when the units are as sembled.

What is claimed is:

1. A radiant heater comprising a substantially solid back wall, a radiant front of open work spaced from the back wall, and intermediate webs connecting the radiant front with the back wall and providing a plurality of fines, the heater heing in sections having portions forming a front and being in contact.

2. A radiant heater comprising a plurality of separable units each of the units comfront of open Work, and a Web connecting the radiant front and back forming lateral or side faces which, When the units are as sembled, provide a plurality of fines the front of the difierent units being in contact at the side edges.

3. A radiant heater comprising a plurality of separable units, each of the units comprising 7 a substantially solid back, a radiant front of open Work, a Web'connecting the ra diant'front and back forming lateral or side spaces which, when the units are assembled,

providea plurality of flues, the front of the dillrent unitsbeing nrtontaemt their side 15 edges and a burner pipe disposed beneath the units and having nipples corresponding with the said flues.

In testimony whereof We afliX our signatures in presence of tWo Witnesses.

OWEN TAYLOR. I

' CHARLES C. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

Mrs. R. N. BAUGHER, EVA M. BrAs. 

